Chapter 6, The Journey Home
Major General Zhong asked with a slightly trembling voice: "Chairman, that, that doesn't seem to be a personal flying device, and there is no energy response at all"
As chaos ensued once again, Chairman Zhao finally spoke: "Enough, none of you should interfere with their plans. I have already made arrangements. If they manage to successfully become members of the Dragon Army, none of you will have a chance. You better pray and hope that they do not pass the final test, otherwise, their fate has already been decided."
The other two Marshals of the Three Stars immediately challenged: "Old Hong, our ranks are not lower than yours, are they?"
Long Ao shouted loudly: "Hey, come over and take a look, isn't that a pile of scrap metal? It seems to be in a terrible state. It's 1,500 meters ahead, just over that hill."
Long Feng furrowed his brows and asked in confusion, "What happened when you flew up? Your entire body disappeared."
March 15, 2505, 12:59
A separate communication channel was established, and Commander Long's expression was somewhat displeased as he complained to Chairman Zhao: "Long Ao's actions this time are truly meaningless. I request a change of collaborators." Chairman Zhao shook his head: "The Long family members are only helping us out of obligation; I have no authority to demand anything from them. Long Ao is the most outstanding disciple of the Long family in this generation, although he can sometimes be, well, a bit muddled in his thinking. In any case, just cooperate well with him." Long Ao is the most outstanding disciple of the Long family in this generation, although he can sometimes be, well, a bit muddled in his thinking. In any case, just cooperate well with him.
In the officer's mess of the Chen Tang ship, Long Feng coldly watched Long Ao across the table as he poured himself glass after glass of fine red wine
Long Ao nodded in satisfaction and said: "This is the principle, but it requires extremely powerful internal energy for support. My internal strength is nearly a hundred times stronger than yours, but do not lose heart; my mental capacity is not much stronger than yours. In other words, your potential for development is greater than mine, as long as your internal energy can reach or exceed my level. Our developmental directions are different; we have always focused on training our internal strength, while you have deliberately emphasized brain development. A hundred years ago, those old men discovered this issue, but they have never been able to solve it.
Long Ao, feeling proud, let out a belch and said: "When in use, it actually exists between solid and energy forms, controlled by one's own energy. The deeper one's internal strength, the more powerful the mental influence, allowing for greater remote control distance, a larger number of controllable entities, increased power, and longer radiance"
Long Feng nodded and said, "Well, our mission is complete, we can go back now." Xiao Wei nodded and replied, "Yes, we can return to the base."
Long Ao quickly grabbed it back and said in a strange low voice: "This, you lack the skill, so it was not taught to you. Actually, our family didn't know how to do this before; it suddenly became known five hundred years ago. Hehe... To put it simply, it involves using one's own energy to decompose the sword into fundamental particles, allowing it to be stored within the body like energy, just like this." A faint white light emerged from his palm, and the small sword disappeared.
Long Feng inquired via the intercom, "Major General Zhong, is that cargo ship still there?" Major General Zhong replied with a brief, "Yes, it is still there, showing no signs of activity. We have blocked all its signals; it cannot communicate with the outside world. It is likely still waiting for the members of the Black Chrysanthemum Army to be deployed.
Long Feng nodded, picked up the gleaming small sword belonging to Long Ao from the table, and directly asked: "What is this?"
Long Feng and the others nodded and said, "Understood"
Qi Ling glanced at him oddly and said, "Our collector has already been deployed to gather data automatically along the way. Did you not notice?"
Long Yu and Long Huo gently walked in, and then together they lifted out a sealed silver metal cylinder. Looking through a transparent glass window, there were some tiny crystals emitting a soft white glow. Xiao Wei instinctively said: "This is it, the super energy crystal"
General Long could not help but ask, "What exactly is that thing?"
Chairman Zhao said with a smile: "I think these young people are quite good with books. I have other matters to attend to, so you will be responsible for the tasks below." Marshal Long nodded gently, and Chairman Zhao's image had already disappeared.
Long Ao shrugged his shoulders in extreme displeasure, spread his hands, and the brilliantly shining peculiar small sword suddenly transformed into a beam of white crystal light, enveloping his figure. He turned into a white rainbow approximately five meters long and forty centimeters in diameter, soaring about fifty meters above the ground, shooting forward.
With short hair and a resolute yet beautiful face, Xiao Wei suddenly raised her head and said indignantly: "How would I know if the signal generator was damaged by the particle flow, or burned out when entering the atmosphere, or taken by aliens as a collectible? You people are all so cold, comparable to those robots behind us. We owe you nothing..." Her voice was filled with grievance. You people are all so cold, comparable to those robots behind us. We owe you nothing..." Her voice was filled with grievance.
As Long Feng and the others entered the cockpit of the Chen Tang, a slender, black missile gently detached from the missile rack that emerged from the exterior of the Chen Tang. A long, pale blue particle stream erupted from its rear, flying straight towards the cargo ship. At the same time, two hundred heavy fighter jets swiftly approached the mothership
The main battleship dispatched a support team to bring back twelve captives
March 15, 2505, 12:40
Twenty-three members of Special A 1 remained silent, quietly moving towards a possible point of descent. Long Ao laughed cheerfully as he approached Xiao Wei, flattering her by saying: "Colonel Xiao, they are still just children. Well, those monsters from military academies do have a bit of temperament. I am different; I am handsome, mature, and honest. I would never hurt a beautiful woman's heart like they would." He reached out to assist Xiao Wei.
Long Ao shrugged his shoulders, and the small sword swiftly transformed into a beam of white light over a foot long, slicing through the ultra-hard alloy as if it were tofu, revealing a large hole over a meter high and more than a meter wide.
The atmosphere quickly fell silent, as those marshals resembled ducks soaked by rain, each one closing their mouths weakly and listlessly.
Chairman Zhao nodded repeatedly: "I know, that is... um, you all remember, today you have seen nothing at all."
The attacking tank roared into the air, heading straight for the Chen Tang.
The search team quickly approached the small spacecraft, while Xiao Wei and Qi Ling stared blankly at the spacecraft's data cabin, which had been reduced to a tangled mass of scrap metal by the chickens and ducks.
Long Ao glanced around; the nearest officers were still about ten meters away. He softly said, "Your sword body can be quantified, so can your physical body. My body is currently about 40% particleized, with the outer layer composed of energy particles derived from the sword, surrounding my body and controlled by my mental force for flight. You should now be able to remotely control the movement of a small object, right?" Long Feng nodded, closed his eyes, and a bottle on the bar twenty meters away suddenly shattered on the ground.
The Dragon Wind commands: "Destroy, completely destroy. Use the antimatter cannon to utterly annihilate it."
Long Feng looked at his flushed face, shook his head vigorously, took out his crystal card from his pocket, and swiped it on the card reader on the table. He then helped the nearly intoxicated Long Ao, who was babbling about wanting to pursue all the beauties in the world, and slowly walked out of the officers' exclusive dining hall
Major General Zhong uttered a few words: "Alright, prepare for launch immediately"
The missile gradually accelerated to half the speed of light, striking the large cargo ship that measured four thousand meters in length. A blinding burst of white-hot light erupted violently into the surrounding void, and quietly, the signal from the cargo ship vanished.
The Chen Tang spacecraft hovered quietly within the atmosphere of the fourth planet in the Sagittarius Arm, awaiting the transport vessel from the Academy of Sciences to retrieve the two researchers and the silver storage box. This was because the Chen Tang was set to pursue the whereabouts of a pirate ship in the vicinity of the first planet in the Sagittarius Arm, and Long Feng and others happened to be returning along the same route.
Long Feng slowly weighed the small sword in his hand, infused a trace of his energy into it, and exclaimed in surprise: "It can absorb my internal power"
The search operation has been ongoing for more than two days
Xiao Wei and Qi Ling exchanged a glance and ran towards the direction mentioned by Long Ao at hetushu.com. Unfortunately, the ground was uneven, covered with large pebbles, and their stamina was not great. After stumbling for more than twenty meters, they suddenly felt lighter as Long Feng and Long Bao picked them up and threw them over their shoulders, ignoring their protests, and quickly rushed forward.
The white light transformed by Long Ao suddenly twisted in the air a few times, shot back rapidly, and when it landed, the small short sword still emitted a glow, circling around him for two rounds before disappearing into his hand
Long Feng and the others paused briefly before continuing on their way as usual
After a long while, Long Ao chuckled a few times and said, "Little friend, go ahead and speak. I know you have questions. Otherwise, you wouldn't have invited me for a drink. Be good, the officer gave a 30% discount, but it's still 270 yuan a bottle. I've had three bottles, so of course, whatever you ask, I will answer."
Standing on the mountaintop, the crowd slowly exhaled a few breaths. A hundred meters ahead, the wreckage of a small spacecraft lay in tatters on the ground. At this moment, the signal receiver in Xiao Wei's hand emitted a faint "beep beep" sound.
Long Ao nodded: "However, if you do not have a basic level of energy intensity, you will not be able to particle-ize these things. Hmm, I heard from those old men that some weapons are inherently crafted from materials infused with high-energy bodies, making them particularly easy to particle-ize. Goodness, if I could get my hands on a few hundred pounds of that so-called super energy crystal to forge into a weapon, then I would be invincible in the world."
The drivers of the attacking tanks, along with the personnel in the main control rooms of the two main battleships, including a large number of senior generals, were all utterly shocked. The military channel was filled with exclamations such as: "Oh my God, what is that?" "Uh, this, this..."
Chairman Zhao remained silent for half a day before slowly saying: "I also learned this when I met the current head of the Long family. He told me, have you read the novel written by someone named Huan Zhu Lou Zhu in the 1940s? You can ask Nüwa to retrieve it for you later, and you will probably understand what it is. Apart from the people from the Long family, now including you, there are only six people who know the specific details about the book." Marshal Long silently nodded.
Long Ao said with a concerned expression: "You have not yet collected the environmental samples."
A cold and aloof two-star marshal said: "Is that so? My special assault unit needs someone with such a quick mind, come to me"
Long Feng was completely confused by his lack of coherence. He quickly analyzed his words, carefully articulating each word: "What you mean is that the primary control lies in the ability to sense thoughts?"
After a long while, the agitated crowd finally quieted down. Chairman Zhao slowly said: "The video recording from just now will be deleted immediately. All witnesses today, please note that this is a top military secret of AAA level, and any disclosure of information during your lifetime is strictly prohibited"
Long Feng commanded the attack tanks in the sky to land, while casually asking, "Is it just for this powder?" Xiao Wei widened her eyes and replied, "Powder? This is a super energy crystal collected from deep within the galaxy... We will..." She suddenly closed her mouth, shook her head, and said, "This is a matter for our Academy of Sciences; you just need to enjoy the results, no explanation is necessary."
Long Feng strode at the forefront of the line, pulling up Xiao Wei, who had almost fallen after missing a step while chasing from behind, and coldly asked: "You said that inside the tank, signals cannot be received. Now that we have been walking for two days, why is there still no signal?"
Qi Ling quickly walked up, slapped away Long Ao's outstretched hand, and chuckled, "I’m sorry, they are monsters, and you are just a waste. We are currently searching for the data ship, not on an outing."
Long Ao provided a very correct answer: "short sword"
Marshal Hong gritted his teeth and said: "Old Lin, my military rank is higher than yours, do you dare to compete with me?"
March 15, 2505, 21:30
Marshal Hong laughed heartily during the video conference: "These Japanese monkeys are exactly as described in the materials. As soon as the topic of Bushido comes up, they disregard all military secrecy regulations. Hmm, this kid Longfeng, I like him; I have placed an order."